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Four Winds: Swords of Legends Online was a wasted opportunity
MMOs are hard to make. But despite the difficulties, we've seen some real gems over the years. They're also difficult to run. But the...
First Impressions: Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis’ player housing aka ‘creative spaces’ has huge potential – and a huge learning curve
One of the best methods for MMORPG players to feel connected to their game's world is through the avenue of player housing. It's an...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis dates features, events, and quests coming in June’s ver. 2 update
Wednesday, June 7th, will start bringing the big ver. 2 update to Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, which means that Sega has begun...
Choose My Adventure: Plumbing the challenging Delera’s Tomb in Dungeons and Dragons Online
This week's Choose My Adventure ended up being a bit more challenging than I had expected it to be. Primarily because my level five...
The MOP Up: Netmarble and Take-Two finances are powered by MMOs
We have a couple more earnings reports to, er, report to you today. Netmarble's Q1 2023 financials reported $472.4M in revenue, with MMORPGs making...
Funcom belatedly remembers Age of Conan’s 15th birthday with dev blog and event
Yesterday, we cheekily pointed out that Funcom appeared to have forgotten Age of Conan's 15th birthday back on the 20th of May, in spite...
Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened
Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...
Conan Exiles announces June 22 Age of War as Age of Conan’s 15th anniversary slips by in silence
Funcom may have let Saturday's 15th birthday of Age of Conan slip by unheralded and unremarked, but it did take the moment to announce...
The MOP Up: Don’t fear Last Epoch’s Reaper form
Last Epoch's Reaper is getting a glow-up with this week's update! The studio said that it's improving the visual effects, outfit, and groovy scythes...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis outlines a long list of class balance adjustments arriving June 7
There will be a lot of new things to experience in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis when its self-described "ver. 2" update goes...
The Stream Team: An anniversary romp in Age of Conan to commemorate 15 years
Sometimes you blink and years have gone by! That's how Massively OP's MJ felt when she noticed Age of Conan was celebrating another anniversary....
EG7 Q1 2023: EG7 pulled in a record $54M last quarter, and Daybreak is a huge chunk of it
Enad Global 7 aka EG7, the company that owns Daybreak, Standing Stone Games, and Piranha Games and is effectively still being run by Daybreak...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet brings paradox elephants across worlds
There are apparently still more 'mon to be had in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. We're a bit late with Chestnaught, but it'll be returning...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis continues celebrating two years with free lootboxes, boost event, and quests
The two-year anniversary for Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is continuing to roll out this month as the second half of the festivities...
One Shots: Who left the gas stove on?
So. This is awkward. I know everyone has an excuse why you were definitely not messing around with the giant's gas stove in Blade...
Several thousand gamers put indie MMO Monsters & Memories to the test in April
At the end of April, Niche Worlds Cult ran a stress test for throwback MMORPG Monsters & Memories, and the MMO community apparently came...
A serious bug has delayed DC Universe Online’s name reclaim event to June 1
I know that you were all waiting with bated breath and a list of names you wanted to try to scoop up in today's...
Vitae Aeternum: A love letter to all that New World does well
When you spend a lot of time in an MMORPG, it can be easy to become bogged down in all of the game's foibles....
DC Universe Online sprouts its springtime event
Looking out at my rapidly overgrowing backyard, it's hard to deny that spring is here in the northern hemisphere. If you needed another sign,...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis gets housing, a new enemy type, and cel-shaded visual options in June
Apparently, the June update headed to Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is sizeable enough that developer Sega is calling it "ver. 2" ...
